Visionaries Interview | Diane Pernet

Diane Pernet’s impressive career spans fashion design, journalism and film-making, but she is foremost a cult fashion ‘curator’. When not in the front row at fashion week she can be found consulting and bestowing her revered judgement at various creative institutions globally. Her work on the web propelled her to the forefront of online fashion, as the driving force behind A Shaded View of Fashion. This blog, widely referred to as a ‘style bible’, is hailed as a platform giving young designers the opportunity to get the exposure they need.

Pernet was herself a fashion designer in the 80s and edited numerous publications including Joyce, elle.com vogueparis.com and Zoo over the years. One of the first to champion fashion film, her own early lo-fi fashion film ventures were a landmark in the burgeoning medium of fashion film. In 2008 she founded the first ever fashion film festival, A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival which recognises the medium as an art form in its own right and is helping earn it the credibility it deserves.